LONDON, July 3: India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and France’s Mary Pierce won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Paul Hanley of Australia and Tatiana Perebiynis of the Ukraine.
The 55-minute win on Centre Court brought the curtain down on the 2005 championships.
The unseeded Bhupathi and Pierce had knocked out third seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Lisa Raymond 7-5, 6-1 in the semifinals earlier in the day while Hanley and Perebiynis beat fourth seeds Kevin Ullyett and Liezel Huber of South Africa 6-3, 6-4.
Meanwhile, second seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber won the women’s doubles title for their first Grand Slam title since joining forces at the start of the year.
They defeated the untested duo of Amelie Mauresmo of France and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 in the final.
It was a first Grand Slam title for the Black and Huber pairing, although both were in last year’s final but with different partners.
The southern Africans teamed up after that and reached the French Open final last month but lost to Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano Pascual.—AFP
